"Quagmire's father, decorated war hero, Lieutenant Commander Dan Quagmire... is now a woman!"
Airdate: May 9, 2010
Quagmire's father, a Navy lieutenant, comes to town to visit her son — and reveal that she's about to undergo gender reassignment surgery.
"Quagmire's Dad" contains examples of:
- All of the Other Reindeer: After returning home, Brian expresses irritation over Peter, Lois, and Stewie not being interested in his trip. Meg immediately asks how it went, and he ignores her.
- Auto-Incorrect: Quagmire introduces Peter and Joe to his father. As he tells a story overflowing with homoeroticism, Joe texts Peter a message saying "How gay is he?", and Peter texts back "So ducking gay."note Peter: That's my auto spell correct. But yeah, he's super gay.
- "Balls" Gag: Comes up during Quagmire confronting Ida over her denial of being gay when she's actually trans.Ida: Now calm down! You're ruining this ball. You know how much I love balls!
Quagmire: Alright, come on now! That's not helping! - Beer Goggles: Brian is unaware of Ida's previous identity until Stewie tells him… the morning after the two slept together.
- Big "NO!": Quagmire upon learning that Ida had sex with Brian.
- Brick Joke: Chris practices French words before saying phoque, which is French for seal but sounds like "fuck" to Lois. Later, while listening to Ida's stories, Peter and Joe suspect her to be gay and Peter draws a large flamboyant seal, saying that Ida is a "big gay phoque".
- Bowdlerise: There are two versions of Peter and Joe secretly texting about Ida's supposed homosexuality.
- The DVD/[Adult Swim] version has Peter draw a flamboyant seal standing near two smaller seals, stating that Ida is a "big gay phoque".
- The TV/Fox version has Peter text a response "So ducking gay" to Joe, though he reveals that the "d" was an auto-correct.
- Call-Back: Brian getting beaten up by Quagmire after a shower calls to mind Patriot Games. Like Stewie, Seth MacFarlane also voices Quagmire but the difference between Patriot Games and this episode is that Brian didn't get to put on his collar after his shower (he tried to hide in Peter and Lois' bed after Quagmire barged into the house).
- Delayed Reaction: Stewie watches, as Brian vomits for half a minute, breathes for a beat, and then screams loudly. It's only after that last part that Stewie asks what's wrong with him.
- Disproportionate Retribution: Quagmire giving Brian a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown for unknowingly sleeping with his trans father. Yeah, sure, Brian laughed when he learned about the whole deal with Dan/Ida like an asshole before he got utterly squicked at the full truth and pinned the bill for the night on her door, but that was likely the furthest thing from Quagmire's mind at the time and still disproportionate even if he was aware.
- The Dog Bites Back: This is the very episode where Brian finally starts hating Quagmire back. After taking a beating from him, he quickly rubs it in his face that he had sex with his dad. Unlike his previous provocations, which are unintentional and were genuine attempts to befriend Quagmire, he intentionally angers him with his insult.
- Easy Sex Change: Ida would need to go through months, if not over a year of physical therapy after her surgery. With that in mind, it also means her vagina would be in no shape for nookie (it's recommended that a transgender woman abstains from sexual activity for at least three months following a vaginoplasty).
- Faked Gift Acceptance: Ida, fresh from having a sex-change operation, gives Lois some crumble she made to celebrate. Once she's out of earshot, Lois tells Meg to dispose of it in the garbage (specifically, in the can outside).
- Foreign Cuss Word: Inverted; while learning French, Chris identifies a seal as a "phoque", to which Lois tells him to watch his language, but Chris insists that's what the French word for "seal" really is.
- Freeze-Frame Bonus: After Brian tells Stewie that he slept with Ida, they have exaggerated lip flap for the remainder of their conversation, implying that Brian and Stewie are now flaccid.
- I Banged Your Mom: Brian gives Quagmire a variation of this after the No-Holds-Barred Beatdown:
- Jerkass: Quite an episode for Peter and Lois. When Brian's leaving for his seminar, they think he's leaving forever and are very indifferent about it, even saying they've made their peace with how he'll eventually die and that his last name being "Griffin" is merely a pleasantry they extended. Then there's how they make fun of Ida and laugh uproariously at Brian when they learn that was who he slept with.Peter: This is the best day of my life!
- Made of Iron: After Glenn beats the daylights out of Brian, the latter is able to get up, walk to the front door, and gloat, because he's pleased at having slept with Glenn's father, and Glenn hates him so much.
- Mood Whiplash: Brian is laughing like crazy upon finding out about Ida, until he discovers Ida had gender reassignment surgery and became the woman he slept with last night.
- No Bisexuals: Quagmire would prefer the rumors of his parent Ida being a flamboyant gay man rather than a transgender MTF woman who insists she isn't gay even prior to the transitioning. No one in-universe considers the possibility that Ida could be bisexual.
- No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Glenn gives a very serious one to Brian when he finds out about his and Ida's little "talk" last night.
- Officer and a Gentleman: Ida Quagmire is a decorated Lieutenant Commander (equivalent of a Major in an army) in the U.S. Navy. Quagmire is later told of his many heroic exploits in past conflicts and he is generally an affable and respectable individual.
- Overly Long Gag: Brian vomiting for 30 seconds straight.
- Plot Hole: Somehow, Quagmire manages to get into the Griffin household when only Brain is around and he does not ring the doorbell when he does this. Presumably the house is locked when only people like Brain are there so how did Quagmire get into the house?
- Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Quagmire went on this when he found about Brian and his dad.
- Scream Discretion Shot: When Glenn finds out that Ida slept with Brian.
- Screaming at Squick: After vomiting profusely, Brian says he slept with Ida, so he and Stewie alternate between screaming.
- Scrubbing Off the Trauma: After Brian realizes that the woman he slept with was Ida, Quagmire's post-transition father, he screams with Stewie in horror and disgust and is next shown in the shower, frantically scrubbing every inch of himself clean.
- Selective Obliviousness: Quagmire is ignorant of his dad's camp-y behaviors, to the point of denying Peter's accusations of his dad's possible homosexuality. Only when his dad's colleagues start implying that he engaged in sexual relations with them does he confront the possibility that his dad may not be straight after all. Then he finds out directly from his dad that he's a transsexual.
- Skewed Priorities: Quagmire was worried about his father, Ida, being gay, and the various innuendos didn't help. When Ida reveals that she's not gay, but transgender, Quagmire says this:Quagmire: Oh, come on, just be gay!
- Suddenly Shouting: Brian and Stewie do this in panic after realizing that Brian slept with Quagmire's father.
- Trans Chaser: Quagmire copes with the news that his father Dan has come out as transgender and now goes by Ida. At the end, he finally accepts Ida's identity as a woman, something reflected by his inexplicable erection.Quagmire: Sorry, sorry! Damn thing can't tell the difference.
- Trans Equals Hypersexual: Glenn's father Dan comes out as transgender and changes her name to Ida. She explicitly talks about what bottom surgery did to her genitals at a family dinner, browses porn on her phone in public, and doesn't disclose to Brian that she's trans before having sex with him.
- Trans Relationship Troubles: Both romantic and familial. Ida is shunned by her son Quagmire and mocked by the Griffin family because of her gender transitioning, though it doesn't take Quagmire too long to support her. And Brian is revolted and pukes after they have hooked up together. Harsh considering that was Ida's first intimate sexual encounter post-transitioning.
- Unsettling Gender-Reveal: Brian is seriously squicked out when he discovers the identity of Ida, vomiting for half a minute.
- Very Special Episode: The controversial episode tackles gender transitioning.
- Vomit Indiscretion Shot: Upon learning who he slept with, Brian vomits in full view of the audience for half a minute. As the puddle of vomit slowly expands, Stewie has to step back twice.
